As political parties try to put tribes under their sway for electoral gains, Iraqi tribes have become “a state within a state,” where laws are powerless over their armament, authority and power.

Source: www.al-monitor.com

The making of the Mob Society: "As firearms were invented, the dream of the Iraqi man has been to possess a weapon, as it is correlated with feelings of strength and survival…The current phase, which is experiencing a social militarization, has caused firearms to seep into the tribes, and the growing role of tribes in society has caused them to compete with each other and to seek to show their force through firearms."

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